The Front Range Baptist Falcons will take on the Denver Jewish Day Tigers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
It was a Battle of the Birds when Front Range Baptist duked it out with Rocky Mountain Lutheran on Tuesday. Front Range Baptist took down Rocky Mountain Lutheran 57-42. The Falcons haven't had any issues with the Eagles recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive victory against them.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Front Range Baptist to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ethan Pierce, who almost dropped a double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds. With that strong performance, Pierce is now averaging an impressive 2 steals per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Mark Sutton, who dropped a double-double with ten points and 11 boards.
Front Range Baptist smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 18 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in 46 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Denver Jewish Day). They came out on top against Denver Waldorf by a score of 64-57 on Tuesday.
Front Range Baptist pushed their record up to 15-7 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.3 points over those games. As for Denver Jewish Day, their victory bumped their record up to 8-9.
Front Range Baptist skirted past Denver Jewish Day 61-59 in their previous meeting on February 10th. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Denver Jewish Day's Solly Bielsky, who went 11-for-18 en route to 30 points in addition to seven assists and seven rebounds. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Front Range Baptist still be able to contain Bielsky? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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